Abstract [en]

Albert Rubenson was born in Stockholm on 20 December 1826 and died in the same city on 2 March 1901. He studied violin and composition from 1844 to 1848 in Leipzig, where he also played in the Gewandhaus Orchestra. From 1850−51 he played viola in Sweden’s Royal Court Orchestra. As a composer, Rubenson created in the spirit of Mendelssohn and Schumann, including a symphony, string quartets and several song collections among his list of works. Rubenson was also a teacher of musical notation and campaigned for a ‘Swedish school’ of composition built on professional principles. He was invoked into the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1872. From that year until his death, Rubenson worked as director of the academy’s educational institution.